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The relationship between the European Union and Russia has been going through a difficult phase with disputes over energy supplies, foreign policy issues, and tension between Russia and individual Member States. The change of presidency in Russia provides an opportunity to take stock and to consider whether this deterioration can and should be reversed. Russian politicians emphasise the importance of the relationship. This report discusses how the relationship might be developed in practice. The report examines Russia as a European country, its recent history, and the current economic situation in Russia. It then considers the institutional framework for Russia-EU relations, including the Pa...
What are the sources of the well-known differences in the performance of capitalist and socialist economic systems? Peter Murrell argues that the Schumpeterian model has far more power to answer this question than does the neoclassical theory generally used for that purpose. The neoclassical theory focuses on the absence of a price system and the inability of a centralized system to allocate resources efficiently, while the Schumpeterian model emphasizes the rigidity of institutions and policies in socialist economies and their lack of mechanisms either to create new institutions or to identify and to foster the growth of the most efficient organizations (including multinational corporations...
This edition of the Joint Economic Committee's 1993 reports on the economies of the ex-Soviet states tracks the Soviet and post-Soviet economic reform efforts, and looks at issues such as integration and developments.
The first survey of the major professions in the USSR
Contents: democratic reform of government and politics (is Russian democratic reform vital to the U.S.? toward democratic government in Russia, and in the Ukraine); democratic reform of economy and society (impediments to free-market economy in Russia; Russia's banking and financial crisis; Russia's black market; economic assistance to Russia; managing reform in Russia's defense industries: conversion and arms sales); democratic reform of military and foreign policy (the democratic transition of Russia's military; transformation of Ukraine's military; managing the evolution of Russia's military; Russia and the CIS).
Previously unknow details about Stalin's command system come to light in this book, as do fascinating insights into the relations between Soviet public and private sectors. Focusing on various aspects of the defence industry, this volume uncovers information on the inner workings of Stalin's dictatorship.
A heartbroken woman retreats to the Yorkshire coast to explore turn-of-the-century art—and uncovers a ghostly secret—in this time-slip romantic mystery. Staying alone in the shadow of an abandoned manor house along the desolate coast of Yorkshire would be madness to some, but art enthusiast Lissy de Luca can’t wait. After separating from her Italian photographer boyfriend, Stefano, Lissy could use a little isolation. Plus, she wants to study the Staithes Group—an artists’ commune active at the turn of the twentieth century. Lissy is fascinated by Sea Scarr Hall, but her research is interrupted by strange events and peculiar sightings. A lonely figure patrols the cove at night, while the discovery of a hidden painting leads Lissy to a chilling realization about the home’s former occupants. And then there’s the photograph of a girl; so beautiful . . . and so familiar. The occupants of Sea Scarr Hall may be gone, but they still have an important message for Lissy—and they’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she gets it.